"Don't shoot, brothers of the 16th Regiment, we are from the 18th Division, the Japanese are coming, let's go over! ......" shouted an officer,

Seeing someone moving forward, the Czech light machine gun in He Jianye's hand was another short shot.

"Warning again, if anyone moves forward, there will be no mercy!" He Jianye paused, and then shouted,

"Tell your division commander to come out and answer! Otherwise, it will not pass! ”

"This brother, I am Zhu Yaohua, the commander of the 18th Division, please speak to your regiment commander!" The voice of a middle-aged soldier came from the opposite side,

"I am He Jianye, the commander of the 16th Regiment, Division Commander Zhu, your 18th Division guards the western front of Dachang, and you have not received the order to retreat from Shangfeng, and you have to retreat without authorization, this time you will go to the military court, I advise you to reorganize your team, resist on the spot, and let Shangfeng be punished lightly, otherwise, it will be a shame and a shame!" He Jianye shouted,

"What Regiment Commander He said is extremely true, but now that the 18th Division is in ruins, let's go back to Dachang to replenish the guns and ammunition and then fight back! Luckily? Zhu Yaohua said dejectedly,

"Division Commander Zhu, I can let you go, but you must organize your team within five minutes, pass the bridge over the river neatly, do not storm the position, pass from the right side next to the position, close to the bank of the Zoumatang River, otherwise don't blame me for using a machine gun to break through!" He Jianye's heart is as hard as iron,

"Okay, thank you Captain He!" Zhu Yaohua thanked him,

With the sharp scolding on the other side of the bridge, the team quickly completed the rectification, about 3,000 defeated soldiers neatly from the river bank to the big field, looking at the 18th Division that finally recovered a little bit of military appearance, He Jianye looked at his watch, and shouted, "All go to the trenches, go to the four light machine gun teams to set up a fire point at the bridgehead, and cover the retreat of the 18th Regiment!" ”

At half past five in the morning, the 18th Regiment, under the leadership of Zhou Qingxiang, retreated to Xinjia Bridge while fighting, listening to the gunfire getting closer and closer, "Everyone, the bullets are on the line, listen to my orders, mortar flares are prepared, the first salvo is fired, the machine gun fire is blocked and strafed, covering the 18th Regiment, the rifle is aimed at the fight, to prevent accidental injury!" He Jianye began to shout,

Zhou Qingxiang, who retreated with the 18th regiment, commanded the troops to block the attack, and approached the stone bridge, and there was no other fire in the dark night sky except for the muzzle flames produced by the shooting of both sides.

"Commander He, I'm coming, pay attention to cover!" Zhou Qingxiang shouted at the bridge,

"Commander Zhou, tell the brothers, crawl here, I will fire flares and cover you with machine gun fire!" He Jianye shouted,

"If you don't want to die, lie down for me and cross the bridge!" Zhou Qingxiang's roar came from the bridge!

"Flare fired, light machine gun ready!" He Jianye shouted,

"Boom!" As the flares rose into the night sky, He Jianye saw that the wounded soldiers of the 18th Regiment were moving towards the bridgehead with difficulty with the help of the brothers, followed by the pursuing devils, and the brothers who were crawling with their rifles were constantly shooting, and there were screams and muffled snorts from time to time......

"In the area of 400 meters ahead, light machine gun fire, strafing! Heavy machine gun ready! After He Jianye gave the order, his fingers pulled the trigger with him,

"Da, da, da......." As a large number of light machine guns of the 16th Regiment opened fire, the Japanese troops who were running and pursuing were knocked down one after another, and they launched a counter-fire with them lying down.......

"Heavy machine guns, light and heavy machine guns against the Japanese army, 3 mortar shots are fired rapidly, and the devil's people are stacked!" He Jianye shouted urgently,

"Knock, knock, knock......." "Click, click, ......" The sound of Makqin heavy machine gun firing sounded so pleasant, mixed with the fire of light machine guns.

"Knock, knock, knock....." He Jianye, who was not stingy with ammunition, suppressed the Japanese army with mortars, creating conditions for the 18th Regiment to smoothly withdraw into the defense line......

As the devils retreated, the flares completed their mission, and the battlefield fell into darkness and silence,

"Commander He, inquire clearly, the opposite side is the Japanese Ninth Division and the Third Division, after breaking through Fuzaobang, under the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks, trying to capture Dachang and cut off the back road in my Luodian area, now the elite main force of the national army gathered around Luodian includes Luo Zhuoying's 18th Army, Yu Jishi's 74th Army, Hu Zongnan's 1st Army and other about 200,000 elite troops of the national army, they are facing most of the Japanese Third Division, the 11th Division and the 15th Division with heavy artillery, the pressure is very great, If the Japanese army composed of the 9th Division and the 3rd Division is allowed to win the big field and surround Luodian from behind, the elite of the national army will be finished. Zhou Qingxiang said the information given by the brigade commander Hu Yunshan,

"Head Zhou, this way! I'm here to stand up, you go back to the big field, and ask the division commander to strengthen a battle defense artillery company for me no matter what, or I won't be able to withstand the devil's tank after dawn! He Jianye frowned and said,

"Okay, there are less than 1,200 people left in my eighteenth regiment, I will take the guard company back to the big field, find the division commander to fight the anti-artillery, I will try to rush back before dawn, and the rest of the men and horses will be left to you, and you will be responsible for commanding." Zhou Qingxiang gathered the guard company as he spoke, and after giving the order, he rushed towards the field.

"Brethren of the Eighteenth Regiment, you are now in charge of guarding the bridgehead until dawn; The whole 16th Regiment set up a second line of positions 200 meters behind the bridgehead position, which was constructed according to the permanent field fortifications and completed before dawn as much as possible, and the engineer company arranged explosives on the stone bridge and the bridgehead position. Let's go! He Jianye gave an order,

.......

At half past seven o'clock in the morning, the tired officers and soldiers of the 16th Regiment did not have any rest, and they completed the construction of the second fortification for two consecutive hours of high-intensity work, and were digging artillery holes with trees as supports, He Jianye instructed Leng Qi to be responsible for supervision, and He Jianye, who was not at ease, came to the first trench, holding a K98 sniper rifle, looked ahead with a telescope, looked at his watch, and prayed in his heart, "Give me another half hour, let the brothers make the anti-artillery holes ......"

On October 27, the Japanese army also felt the urgency of time, and a brigade of 8 chariots of the 9th Division opened the way, and the infantry followed the pursuit south along the Hutai Road. It is less than 1 km from the Xinjiaqiao position......

Immediately after, Japanese planes "buzzed, buzzed, buzzed......" also appeared in the distant sky......

"Everyone, go into the artillery hole, and leave only the observation post!" He Jianye shouted,

More than 1,000 people of the 18th Regiment quickly entered the anti-artillery shelter built last night, "Chirp... Boom, boom...... Da, da, da......" The Japanese planes raged above the position for more than 20 minutes and flew away, He Jianye, who did not hear the whistle, rubbed his rumbling ears and climbed out of the artillery hole.

"Tut, doo, toot, toot......" He Jianye whistled wildly, seeing that the Japanese army was less than 600 meters away from the position.

As the officers and soldiers of the 18th Regiment successively went to the position, He Jianye ordered the sappers to "check the explosives package on the bridge!" See if there is a problem with the route? Check the explosives inside the trenches to make sure they can be blown off! ”

Two sappers bent down and ran to the bridgehead, and the rest of the sappers began to check the explosives planted in the tunnel......